CT appearance in tuberculous pancreatic abscess.
We report a case of a tuberculous pancreatic abscess in a 47-year-old human immunodeficiency virus positive intravenous drug abuser. She had a prolonged febrile course and persistent abdominal pain. On CT and sonography the lesion lacked the usual ancillary features of an abscess such as diffuse pancreatic enlargement and a peripancreatic fluid collection, and more closely resembled a necrotic neoplasm.
Cho
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Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
Lucak
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Delany
H M
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Morehouse
H T
HT
Jennings
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TA
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging